On Tuesday 10 November 2009 23:12:03 Zero3 wrote: > Feedback for the website downloads page: > > "We strongly recommend you use the links on the start menu to shut down > Freenet when you play computer games, and start it back up afterwards. > We will implement a system tray icon for this in future." > > This is implemented now. > > "Freenet works best with Windows XP Professional. Freenet will run on > Vista and Windows 7 but the uninstaller is not perfect on those systems." > > The wininstaller works smoothly on both XP and Vista now the beta has > been rolled out. > > Windows 7 is *not* supported at this time. I've seen several Win7 bug > reports, so until I have time to look at Win7 support we should > discourage using Freenet on Win7. > > "You can access Freenet later on via the Browse Freenet icon on the > desktop and your start menu. If the browser window isn't opened, " > > On Windows, the main method of accessing Freenet is now via the tray > menu. Alternatively the start menu. We don't add a desktop shortcut by > default any more. > > " for example because you used the headless installer" > > Most people won't know what a "headless installer" is. > > "Recommended: 1GHz or more processor with 512MB RAM or more (especially > if using Windows XP)" > > As opposed to? Win2k? Vista? Win7? > > "Windows users can upgrade to the latest-stable Freenet release by > clicking on "update.cmd" in the Freenet directory." > > On Windows, this is now implemented in the tray manager.
Updated with all the above suggestions, rewritten quite a bit. It's a bit longer now, but most people just click the button on the homepage; it should be clearer. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 835 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20091112/87076dc3/attachment.pgp>
